Improvement in lamp-burners



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. WEEDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR .TO BEN. EDIGT AND BURNHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-BURNERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,113, dated February 18, 1873, i

o To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLIAM N. WEEDEN, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have in vented an Improvement in Lamp-Burners, oi' which the following is a specification:

Figure l is a sectional side view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a top view of the same; and Fig. 3,- a detail side view of one of the wires ot' the burner. y

Similarv letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improved manner of forming the wires and of fastening the same to the burner, for which Letters Patent N). 131,918 were granted to me on the lst October, 1872, or to other styles of burners; and the invention consists informing, on the innermost portion of each wire, a loop or vertical enlargement, which, when fitted into a correspondin g socket at the lower part of the burn er, will, after the outer portion of said socket has been contracted over it, securely hold the wire in place without soldering or other fastening. By this means the construction of a burner will be much more economical, and the wires will be securely held in place and can be quickly applied.

In the accompanying drawing, the letter A represents the lower screw portion of the burner. B is the cap, placed over the same;

and C, the wick-tube; all of which parts are arranged in suitable or customary manner. The cap B is, at its outer part, closely connected with the outwardly-projecting rim of the screwpieceA; but atintervals these caps and screw-pieces are struck up and bent apart to form sockets b, for the reception of Wires D D. These Wires are either in the forni shown, to constitute supports for the burnercone E and chimney F, or of other equivalent shape; but at the innermost portion, each wire D is formed with a loop, a, which is largest at or near its middle and contracted at its outer end, and which is inserted in one of 'the sockets b of the burner provided for its reception. The socket is slightly contracted over the outer narrower part of the loop a, whereupon the wire is securely held in place, so that the process of soldering such wire and Wires may be entirely dispensed with.

This mode of securing the wires is not only more secure than soldering, but facilitates the manufacture, as it is somewhat dii'lcult to retain the wires in proper position while soldering, and each has to be soldered separately; but there is no difficulty'in keeping them in proper position while they are being secured in my way, and I can secure them all at once in a suitable press or drop.

I claim- The loops c on the wiresl), in combination with sockets formed between the upper and lower parts of the lamp-cap, and contracted over the said loops, substantially as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM N. WEEDEN.

Y MICHAEL RYAN,

FRED. HAYNEs. 

